How Do You Talk to an Angel explained

How Do You Talk to an Angel
Cover:The Heights - How Do You Talk to an Angel.jpg
Type:single
Artist:The Heights
Album:The Heights (Music from the Television Show)
B-Side:"Walkin' Nerve"
Released:September 5, 1992
Recorded:January 20, 1992
Genre:Pop[1]
Length:3:48
Label:Capitol
Producer:Steve Tyrell

"How Do You Talk to an Angel" is a song written by Steve Tyrell, Barry Coffing, and Stephanie Tyrell. It was the theme for the American TV series The Heights. The single was released with Jamie Walters as the lead singer, and it reached number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 on November 14, 1992, but the series was canceled exactly one week after the song fell from its number one position.[2] Vocalists on the single included Shawn David Thompson, Cheryl Pollak, and Charlotte Ross, as well as Zachary Throne from the Las Vegas rock band Sin City Sinners.

In 1993, the song was nominated for an Emmy Award for "Outstanding Individual Achievement in Music and Lyrics".[3] The Emmy went to the song "Sorry I Asked" by Kander and Ebb from Liza Minnelli Live from Radio City Music Hall. No follow-up singles under The Heights name were ever commercially released. Promo CDs were issued to radio for a follow-up "I'm Still On Your Side", but there was no commercial issue for this track as a single.

Walters, the lead singer on the single and the lead actor on the show, later had a number-16 Hot 100 hit with his single "Hold On" in 1994.[4] It was his only subsequent chart appearance.

Personnel

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1992–1993)!scope="col"
Peak
position
Iceland (Íslenski Listinn Topp 40)[5] 22
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40 Tipparade)[6] 16

Year-end charts

Chart (1992)!scope="col"
Position
Canada Adult Contemporary (RPM)[7] 93
US Billboard Hot 100[8] 59
Chart (1993)!scope="col"
Position
Australia (ARIA)[9] 24
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[10] 84
Canada Adult Contemporary (RPM)[11] 86
US Billboard Hot 100[12] 80

Decade-end charts

Decade-end chart performance for "How Do You Talk to an Angel!Chart (1990–1999)!Position
Canada (Nielsen SoundScan)[13] 77

All-time charts

Chart (1992–2017)!scope="col"
Position
US Billboard Top 40 Mainstream[14] 51

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tom . Breihan . The Number Ones: The Heights’ “How Do You Talk To An Angel. . January 26, 2022. How Do You Talk To An Angel” almost plays like a parody of circa-1992 pop balladry.. November 28, 2024.
  2. Book: Bronson, Fred . The Billboard Book Of Number 1 Hits. Billboard Books. 2003. 5. 812. 0-8230-7677-6.
  3. Web site: Nominees/Winners. Television Academy. March 5, 2019.
  4. Hold On – Jamie Walters | Billboard.com
  5. News: Íslenski Listinn Topp 40 (28. Jan.–4. Feb.). Dagblaðið Vísir. is. 29. January 28, 1993. October 10, 2020.
  6. Web site: Tipparade-lijst van week 3, 1993. Dutch Top 40. March 12, 2023.
  7. The RPM Top 100 Adult Contemporary tracks of 1992. RPM. Library and Archives Canada. October 10, 2020.
  8. Web site: Billboard Top 100 – 1992. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20090708050630/http://longboredsurfer.com/charts.php?year=1992. July 8, 2009. July 30, 2010.
  9. Web site: 1993 ARIA Singles Chart. ARIA. October 10, 2020.
  10. The RPM Top 100 Hit Tracks of 1993. RPM. Library and Archives Canada. October 10, 2020.
  11. The RPM Top 100 A\C Tracks of 1993. RPM. Library and Archives Canada. October 10, 2020.
  12. Web site: Billboard Top 100 – 1993. Billboardtop100of.com. October 10, 2020.
  13. Web site: Lwin. Nanda. https://web.archive.org/web/20000829070927/http://www.jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/100_1990.html. August 29, 2000. Top 100 singles of the 1990s. Jam!. March 26, 2022.
  14. Web site: Greatest of All Time Pop Songs: Page 1. Billboard. August 1, 2018. February 14, 2020.

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